The most dangerous game

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Welcome to Join The Most Dangerous Game!What is the Game? Scene 1Scene 2The Way Out Congratulations!1. Get lost in the mysterious island2. Going along with the main character Sanger Rainsford3. Find a way out by identifying the themes!

Whitney (animals fear) vs. Rainsford (animals don't have feelings)http://theartofmemory.blogspot.ca/2007/03/naked-city-and-most-dangerous-game.htmlMain character: Sanger RainsfordRainsford: " The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees. Luckily, you and I are hunters." www.criterion.comSwam to the Ship-Trap IslandRainsford and General ZaroffRainsford falls into sea"I am General Zaroff""A slender man in evening clothes""In a cultivated voice""The evening suit came from a London tailor who ordinarily cut and sewed for none blew the rank of duke"Upper class Civilized Nobleman Social Class- based Expression of Leisure1. Nobleman2. Clergy3. Peasant In medieval Europe, three types of people:Centered on fighting (hunting and tournaments)(Labarge, 1965) Scene 3Dining RoomGeneral Zaroff introduced his Most Dangerous Game to RainsfordHunting Humans!Reason"Life is for the strong... the weak of the world were put here to give the strong pleasure. I am strong. Why should I not use my gift?" "We try to be civilized here" ---- Zaroff

Taboo LeisureHunting vs. Murdering"Pastimes that are forbidden by law, custom, or belief." (Russell, 2009)American big-game hunter (Published books about hunting) Calm, love challengesHas his own attitude towards hunting“Hunting is beginning to bore me! It had become too easy. I always got my quarry.” --- Zaroff Leisure Boredom: results when people feel they cannot escape a meaningless leisure routine. (Russell, 2009)Why Hunting Humans?(Why Taboo?) Leisure boredom ... RetreatismEscaping from the reality Recreate the warfare situation on the island.See hunting humans as leisurePlace Identity: "A place as a source of identification and affiliation for a person." (Russell, 2009) Place = War"When you walk with Sherlock Holmes, you see the battlefield. You've seen it already, haven't you?.... You're not haunted by the war, you miss it." --- Mycroft Holmes ( TV play Sherlock Holmes, 2010)The story of Norman Bowker in "The Things They Carried." (Tim O'Brien, 1990) Scene 4 General Zaroff hunted for Rainsford, but Rainsford jumped into the sea"He had never slept in a better bed, Rainsford decided."Thank You! ∩_∩ Written by Richard Connell, 1924 Presented by Candi Yu Aug 14, 2013One dark eveningOn a yachtThe huntee became the hunter!RecommendationA wonderful short story with vivid picturesOpen ending: will Rainsford become the next General Zaroff?A female character is added in the movie version that is not necessaryFurther research... do humans become more civilized? http://rustywhitesfilmworldobituaries.blogspot.ca/2012/05/most-dangerous-game-1932.htmlhttp://filmfanatic.orgreviewsp=24Examples:Themes:Social ClassTaboo Leisure Self- identification